What are the features of this software?

• Verfasst von: Paech, Barbara [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Hübner, Paul [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Merten, Thorsten [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: What are the features of this software?
• Titelzusatz: an exploratory study
• Verf.angabe: Barbara Paech, Paul Hübner, Thorsten Merten
• E-Jahr: 2014
• Jahr: October 12, 2014
• Umfang: 10 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 26.07.2018
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: International Conference on Software Engineering Advances (9 : 2014 : Nizza)ICSEA 2014
• Ort Quelle: Wilmington, DE, USA : IARIA, 2014
• Jahr Quelle: 2014
• Band/Heft Quelle: (2014), Seite 97-106
• ISBN Quelle: 978-1-61208-367-4
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1577990137

Abstract

Application systems are often advertised with features, and features are used heavily for requirements management. However, often software manufacturers only have incomplete information about the features of their software. The information is distributed over different sources, such as requirements documents, issue trackers, user manuals, and code. In this paper, we research the occurrence of feature information in open source software engineering data. We report on a case study with three open source systems. We analyze what information about features can be found in issue trackers and user documentation. Furthermore, we study the abstraction levels on which the features are described, how feature information is related, and we discuss the possibility to discover such information semi-automatically.